Area colleges: Berry leads I.C. to win

GRINNELL, Iowa ó Brandon Berry was 10-for-17 from the floor and scored 27 points to help Illinois College defeat Grinnell 98-75 in a Midwest Conference clash Wednesday in Darby Gymnasium.

Berry finished with a double-double, notching 10 rebounds as well. He was one of four Blueboys to reach double figures in scoring.

Zeke Light added 19 points while shooting 8 of 10 from the free-throw line while teammates Spencer Campbell and Chris Marrs each tallied 18 points for I.C.

I.C. was able to limit Grinnellís Jake Taylor to just seven points on 1 of 13 shooting. Taylor holds the NCAA record ó all divisions ó for most points in a game with 138, which came in the 2012-13 season.

On Nov. 17 of this season, Taylor again reached triple digits, scoring 109 points in Grinnellís 173-123 win over Crossroads.

Taylor, who was averaging 36.1 points per game before Wednesday, scored 30 points in Jacksonville as Grinnell topped the Blueboys 132-126 on Nov. 23.

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DACC tops LLCC

Despite getting 22 points from Breonna Lewis, Lincoln Land Community College fell to Danville Area Community College 86-74 on Wednesday night at Cass Gymnasium.

Lewis had the game-high in scoring and made 10 of 13 of her free-throw attempts.

Kayton Cole led DACC with 18 points as the Jaguars (15-7) led from start to finish.

LLCC fell to 10-7.

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